Harriet Tubman Quotes
Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.Harriet Tubman
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
Pamela Meyer -
There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
Paloma Faith -
Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
Ingrid Newkirk -
For me, it was really a childhood dream coming true. It's sort of where the fantasy led reality, and then I got to be on the Starship Enterprise anyway. And the cool thing was - is I was the only person on this bridge who had actually been in space.
Mae Jemison
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I never wore a single fedora filming 'L.A. Noire.' It took about an hour and a half to do the hair - it was a very precise process.
Aaron Staton -
For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
Cao Yu -
I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
Carine Roitfeld -
Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
Adam D'Angelo -
Most people are completely unaware of their breath. They violate your space, they have no idea that they have halitosis.
Larry David -
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
Victor Hugo
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I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.
Felicity Jones -
Americans resident in China inform us that the ballot box in their country is greatly abused for personal ends, and Chinese admirers of the American Republic have not minutely examined its defects.
Zhang Zhidong -
The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world.
Dan Gilbert -
Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
Rachel Corrie -
My husband and I are just really laid back people.
A. J. Cook -
My comedy isn't about being attractive - it's about how the bar of dumb seems so low right now, and I desperately want to raise the bar of dumb just a tiny bit.
Natasha Leggero
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When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do.
Zooey Deschanel -
I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.
Vikram Seth -
It was authority that turned men suspicious and stern-faced. Authority and responsibility which made them not themselves, but a sort of corporate body that tried to think as a corporate body rather than as a person.
Clifford D. Simak -
If you're asking me, would I have voted for Mitt Romney, the answer is absolutely not. Emphatically not. I cannot envision a world in which I would have voted for Mitt Romney unless I sustained a massive concussion.
John Oliver -
The real disturbers of the peace are those who, in a free state, seek to curtail the liberty of judgment which they are unable to tyrannize over.
Baruch Spinoza -
Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
Harriet Tubman